John Barrasso: “Every single Democrat in this chamber voted to raise taxes…”

“It delivers to the voters of this country what the voters sent Republicans here to do. First, Republicans stopped a $4 trillion tax increase, the largest tax increase in American history. Every single Democrat in this chamber voted to raise taxes by $4 trillion. Had Democrats succeeded, working families would have paid over $1,700 more in taxes just next year. Small businesses would have seen their taxes go up quite a bit.” (01:04–01:12)

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